History Film / RobinHoodPrinceofThieves

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Robin stabs the Sheriff in the heart, using the dagger that Marian had given him - which the Sheriff had previously given her.]]

** David of Doncaster is in the movie but he prefers the nickname "Bull", supposedly due to his BiggusDickus. He helpfully offers to show Robin but is declined.

* ActionDad: Lord Locksley, who suits up in armor to fight off cultists. Also, Little John has eight children by his wife Fanny, and he's still willing to go into battle.

* ActionDad: Lord Locksley. Also, Little John has eight children by his wife Fanny, and he's still willing to go into battle.

* AdaptationExpansion: At the same time, the movie strives to give Robin and those Merry Men a much more thorough background, pulling aspects from various other adaptations and adding a few new ones of its own.

* WouldHurtAChild: Nottingham would ''kill'' a child, as evidenced when one of the outlaws, a young boy named Wulf, is made to go to the gallows alongside the adult outlaws, and in fact is the first to feel the noose's embrace.[[note]] Some degree of DeliberateValuesDissonance here. It was in fact permissible as late as the 18th century to sentence a child to death for certain crimes.[[/note]] Thankfully, Robin is there to ShootTheRope.

* BlackComedyRape: One of the most infamous examples of Black Comedy ''Attempted'' Rape in a mainstream Hollywood blockbuster, in which the Sheriff is hurriedly trying to wed-and-bed Marian in quick succession while she screams and struggles and Robin desperately tries to batter down the door. The "comedy" comes from the Sheriff crying: "I can't do this with all this racket!" and Mortianna trying to make the bride more comfortable ''during her rape'' by helpfully putting a cushion under her head.

* DisappearedDad: Lord Locksley was one to Will, explaining his resentment of Robin. In the ReCut, Mortianna is shown to be the Sheriff's birth mother. Though his birth father is not revealed, he's implied to possibly be Satan.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Mortianna. She killed the original George Nottingham and replaced him with her own son, then spent years stoking his ambitions and tutoring him in devil worship before seeing his infatuation with Lady Marian, a cousin of King Richard, as a way to put her grandson in line for the throne of England.

* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: One of the first cinematic versions in a good while to do away with Robin's then-iconic green tunic and bycocket, the movie opts to dress him in clothes in more period-appropriate clothes of neutral and muted colors.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Mortianna. She killed and replaced the original George Nottingham and replaced him with her own son, then spent years stoking his ambitions and tutoring him in devil worship before seeing his infatuation with Lady Marian, a cousin of King Richard, as a way to put her grandson in line for the throne of England.

* ArrowsOnFire: It's a RobinHood movie, after all.

The Creator/MelBrooks 1993 parody ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'' largely lampoons this movie, although it acknowledges other elements of the legend.

No connection (other than subject matter) to to the 1948 adventure film ''Film/ThePrinceOfThieves''.

The story is familiar; Robin of Locksley, a Crusader, escapes Jerusalem alongside a Moor named Azeem (Creator/MorganFreeman), who accompanies Robin because of a LifeDebt. They return to [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]] and discover that Robin's father (Creator/BrianBlessed) has been killed by the Sheriff of Nottingham (Creator/AlanRickman), and Locksley's lands stolen by the Sheriff. Oh, and the Sheriff is also now apparently a [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade devil worshipper]] and is being assisted in his evildoing by his cousin, Guy of Gisborne (Creator/MichaelWincott). Robin and Azeem become outlaws, and steal from the rich and give to the poor. Men are made merry, [[{{Swashbuckler}} bucklers are swashed]], and they all live HappilyEverAfter (except the Sheriff, obviously). It's also [[DarkerAndEdgier fairly dark compared to most Robin Hood adaptations]].

* AmbiguouslyRelated: Downplayed. Marian DuBois is stated to be the cousin of Richard Plantagenet, though it is unknown how closely related are making George of Nottingham's plan to get a claim to the throne via marrying a random female cousin of his monarch rather iffy.

* WouldHurtAChild: Nottingham would ''kill'' a child, as evidenced when one of the outlaws, a young boy named Wulf, is made to go to the gallows alongside the adult outlaws, and in fact is the first to feel the noose’s embrace.[[Note: Some degree of DeliberateValuesDissonance here. It was in fact permissible as late as the 18th century to sentence a child to death for certain crimes.]] Thankfully, Robin is there to ShootTheRope.